A mum says she will be forever grateful to rescuers who plucked her terrified nine year old daughter, herself and a pal from the sea after they were cut off by the tide in Fleetwood.

Leigh Woolliscroft was walking on the beach with her daughter and her dogs, accompanied by one of her friends, when they misjudged the dangerously unpredictable tide off Fleetwood beach.

They quickly realised they’d been cut off, as the sea rushed in behind them from three different directions on Sunday.

Fortunately, they had already been spotted by a vigilant member of Fleetwood’s Coastwatch team, who alerted Fleetwood RNLI and HM Coastguard, leading to a multi-agency recue operation being launched – also involving members of the public.